How much 50/50 antifreeze

[2stepmonster]

I need antifreeze and i dont know how much my car takes onced drained.. im buying the 50/50

 

[96' Eclipse GS]

About 2 & half gallons, if completely drained of coolant. Give or take a little from the third bottle.

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

I think mine took 2 bottles. Could be wrong though, my memory doesn't serve me very good. I had just installed my new radiator and used 50/50 as well.
Could never hurt to have extra.

Jayson

 

[2stepmonster]

Ok, thanks. I will buy 3 bottles just incase and see how much she takes.

 

[talon2gbuyer]

It will depend on the radiator your using. I have the fluidyne radiator and takes almost 3 full gallons to fill, stocker radiatiors probably take a lot less, probably 2 or 2.5. Just fill it till its flush with the cap housing, that's what I usually do.

 

[snowborder714]

The factory spec is 7 quarts to fill the cooling system. It's always good to have some extra coolant (or distilled water) on hand in case the system gets a bit low. Just buy extra and you'll be set.

 

[bradikus7]

How about 1 gallon of non-diluted coolant, 1 gallon distilled water and a bottle of Redline water wetter additive? I've got the PR radiator and this was more than enough for me.

 

[DSM1G90]

You need the ethylene glycol content that is in antifreeze coolant to extract the heat from the water jackets of the block along with the 196 degree t-stat to really make the system effective.

"Water Wetter" is a placebo sugar coating to the real cooling process.